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To: Doug Fowler who wrote (2343)	3/19/1999 11:36:00 PM
From: M31	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

Hacker exposes security holes on eBay biz.yahoo.com Friday March 19, 7:21 pm Eastern Time PALO ALTO, Calif., March 19 (Reuters) - The Internet auction site eBay Inc(Nasdaq:EBAY - news) has been penetrated by a hacker who managed to take down the company's home page and achieved extensive access to other content, Forbes Digital Tool reported Friday. The report said the popular online auction community was hacked last Saturday by a 22-year-old college student who continues to have access to the site, and the ability to change auction prices, post fake ads, divert traffic to other sites, or take down the entire network. Forbes said the hacker, operating under the name MagicFX, went so far as to leave a signature by posting a message after taking down the home page stating: ''Proof by MagicFX that you can't always trust people... not even huge companies.'' The report said the hacker revealed that he was a 22-year-old college student. eBay declined to comment specifically on the report other than to say it is ''working closely with law enforcement on the hacking attempts of the site Saturday and Wednesday.'' The company also said that no credit card information was compromised.

To: Doug Fowler who wrote (2343)	3/26/1999 2:26:00 PM
From: Doug Fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7772

eBay auction count update: Active auctions as of March 26,,,,,,,,,,1,877,765 Active auctions as of March 19,,,,,,,,,,1,903,873 Active auctions as of March 12,,,,,,,,,,1,871,314 Active auctions as of March 5,,,,,,,,,,,,1,796,459 Active auctions as of February 19,,,,,,1,591,035 Active auctions as of February 12,,,,,,1,544,149 Active auctions as of January 29,,,,,,,,1,457,406 Active auctions as of January 22,,,,,,,,1,378,705 Active auctions as of January 15,,,,,,,,1,308,663 Active auctions as of January 8,,,,,,,,,,1,281,084 Active auctions as of January 1,,,,,,,,,,1,208,832 Active auctions as of December 18,,,,,,,871,225 Active auctions as of December 11,,,,1,032,073 Active auctions as of December 4,,,,,,1,125,353 Active auctions as of November 27,,,,,,,998,481 Active auctions as of November 20,,,,,,,980,435 Actuve auctions as of November 13,,,,,,942,949 Active auctions as of November 6,,,,,,,,,901,626 Active auctions as of October 30,,,,,,,,,,861,802 Active auctions as of October 23,,,,,,,,,,832,486 Active auctions as of October 9 ,,,,,,,,,,,794,279 Active auctions as of October 2 ,,,,,,,,,,,762,731 Active auctions as of September 25,,,,,,722,745 Active auctions as of September 18,,,,,,708,964 Active auctions as of September 11,,,,,,687,649 Active auctions as of September 4,,,,,,,,645,491 Active auctions as of August 28, 1998: 649,169 Active auctions as of August 21, 1998: 625,810 Active auctions as of August 14, 1998: 612,893 Growth from 13 weeks (one quarter) ago: 80 percent Please note that the growth from 13 weeks ago is an estimate, because an auction count not being recorded 13 weeks ago. I took the average for 12 weeks ago and 14 weeks ago, and used that as my basis. Interestingly, the eBay auction count is about the same as it was two weeks ago. Perhaps a simple lull, or perhaps auction counts are adjusting to the slower traffic growth to the eBay site.